In my heart it weeps | In my heart it weeps

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by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896)

Translation © by Thomas Ang

Romance sans paroles

(Sung text for setting by L. Madetoja)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG ENG GER GER SPA

Il pleure dans mon cœur
Comme il pleut sur la ville ;
Quelle est cette langueur
Qui pénètre mon cœur ?

Ô bruit doux de la pluie,
Par terre et sur les toits !
Pour un cœur qui s'ennuie,
Ô le chant de la pluie !

Il pleure sans raison
Dans ce cœur qui s'écœure.
Quoi ! nulle trahison ? ...
Ce deuil est sans raison.

C'est bien la pire peine,
De ne savoir pourquoi...
Sans amour et sans haine
Mon cœur a tant de peine !

Composition:

Leevi Antti Madetoja

Text Authorship:

by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874

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CAT Catalan (Català) [singable] (Núria Colomer) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "There is weeping in my heart", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Thomas Ang) , "In my heart it weeps", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Es weint in meinem Herzen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Pierre Mathé) , "Es weint in meinem Herz", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Elisa Rapado) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

In my heart it weeps

(Sung text translation for setting by L. Madetoja)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

In my heart it weeps
as it rains on the town.
What languor seeps
into my heart that weeps?

O sweet falling rain,
over earth and over roofs!
For a heart in weary pain,
O song of the rain!

It rains without cause
in this numb, cold heart.
What -- no treason or loss?
This grief is without cause.

It is truly the worst pain
when, without knowing why,
without love and without hate,
my heart is filled with pain.

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Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2010 by Thomas Ang, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in French (Français) by Paul Verlaine (1844 - 1896), no title, appears in Romances sans paroles, in Ariettes oubliées, no. 3, Sens, Typographie de Maurice L'Hermite, first published 1874
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 79